Etymology

novelization

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Today it means: The writing of a novel based on fact; fictionalization Full definition →

English novel ← Italian novella ← Vulgar Latin *novella
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*nu
  2. Proto-Indo-European*néwos
  3. Proto-Italic*nowos
  4. Latinnovus
  5. Latinnovellus
  6. Vulgar Latin*novella
  7. Italiannovella
  8. Englishnovel
  9. English todaynovelization

From novel + -ization.

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